Plan 9 /sys/man/8/syslogd

NAME

syslogd – receive syslog information

SYNOPSIS

syslogd [ –x netmntpt ]

DESCRIPTION

The syslogd process gateways RFC–3164 udp syslog messages from the given network stack to syslog(2) using the logname syslog.facility. The default network stack is /net but may be overridden with the –x flag.

SOURCE

/sys/src/cmd/syslogd.c

SEE ALSO

syslog(2).

BUGS

Syslogd is not recommended for monitoring Plan 9 systems; use syslog(2), /lib/rfc/rfc3164. A hardcoded list of facilties is used and the facility name sr (Coraid SR units use this facility) is used instead of local0.


	The syslogd process gateways RFC–3164 udp syslog messages from the given network stack to syslog(2) using the logname `syslog.`facility. The default network stack is `/net` but may be overridden with the –`x` flag.